SARGODHA: The Customs Field Intelligence Unit (FIU) Sargodha seized foreign origin non-customs paid engine box worth Rs8 million during a successful raid.
Sources told Customs Today that FIU team intercepted a Isuzu Mazda truck bearing registration no: JU-9190 near Bypass Chowk Sargodha. The FIU team checked the vehicle and found huge quantity of engine boxes in different sizes and models brought into country through unauthorized way.
The team asked the owner namely Muhammad Shoaib to show documents regarding legal import of the items. He provided different receipts showing clearance of different items. There was no arrangement for thorough search of loaded vehicle. Therefore the vehicle was brought into customs office.
Later the FIU team seized the items under Section 16 of the Customs Act 1969 and 3(1) (3) of the Import and Export Control Act 1950 punishable under Section 156(1)90 of the Customs Act 1969 and forwards the case to Customs Adjudication.
